Barbie is currently shaping up to be one of the biggest films of the year. It’s bright, it’s colourful, it’s just knowing enough, and its publicity machine has been bulldozing the general public for what seems like several years at this point. From all that anyone can tell, Barbie is going to be one of those staggeringly rare films that manages to excel commercially as well as intellectually.
Although, that said, doesn’t a part of you wish that it bombs? Not because it’s a bad film, or because you wish ill upon anyone involved in its creation, of course. No, a tiny part of you wants Barbie to fail because it might just spare us the miserable inevitability of a dark and gritty Hot Wheels film.
